Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28
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to mo an amazementN Well, then, it Is no
credit TO you that You do not taste it. Do
not brag about your total abstinence, be-
cause it Is not from any principal that you
reje,t alcoholism, but Tor the same reason
that you reject certain styles OF fool-you
simply don't like the taste OF them. But
multitudei Of people have natural fondnes
Tor all kinds OF intoxisnlt. They ike it 50
much th 1t il makes them smasI their lips 70
look at it. They are dyspeptic, an taey
tako it to aid gestio1, or they ar1 ann1ysl
by insomnia, and they take it TO pro luce
sleep, or they ara tropol31, an / they take it
to make them Obvious, or they fe.l
good, AMI tney mast celebrate Their
hilarity. They begin with mint julep
sucked through t@o straws on tue Long
Bra lch piazza aul eal In tho ditcL,
taxing from Jug lalid half kerosene and
hllf WHISKY. The not 5nlE like il, ,butit is an
all consuming passion OF belly, mind ana soul,
and after a while have i they VII, though
one VINE glass cost tho temporal and eternal
destruction of themselves, and all their fam
lies, and the who.e huma1 IA e. Thay wol.d
say; II am sorry 1t is go ng to cost me, and
my family, an all the worlds population so
very much, but here it goes TO my lips, and
now let it rol over my plrche1 tongue ani
down my heatel throat, the sweetest, the
mo,t inspiring, the IN s. raYturous ng
that ever thrilled mortal or immortal"
To cure the habit beiors it cones to
Is last stages, various plans were tried In
olden TINS This pan was recommended IN
the books: When man wanted to reform he
put shot or bullets in o the cup or glls; Of
strong drink--Jne additional slot or bullet
each day, that displaces so mich Ii luor
Bullet after bullet added day by day, of
course the liquor became less aud less until
the bullets wonld entirely ill up the glass AMI
there was no room for the liquid, and by Glat
tine it was slii the inebrats would be cured.
Whether any one was ever cured in that way
know not but by long experiment it Is
found that the only way is to stop 2rS of,
an when man does that he needs Col to
help him, An there have been more olses
than you can count when God has so helped
the man that he quit forever, AMI ! could
count score Of then her5 to day, some of
them pl'as in thu houje of Col.
Oae would suppose that Taan would take
warning from some OF the ominou5 names
given to the intoSjcants, and stand OF from
The d3vasJating indlelca. You have noticed
Tor instance that some OF the restaurants ars
called THE Shades" typical of the fact that
1t puts a mans reputation in the shade, and
his mora S in the sAade, and his prosperity in
the shade, and his wife and children IA the
shade, and his immortal destiny in the shade.
Now, find on some OF the liquor signs
In all our cities the words: "Oll Crow"
nightly suggestive of q carcass, and the
filthy raven that swoops upon it, "Old Crow!1
Men and women without numbers slain of
rum but unburied, and this evil Is pecking at
ther glazed eyes, and packlng at their bloated
cheek, and pecking at their destroyed man.
hood and womanhooG, thrusting beak and
claw into the mortal remains Of what once
was gioriolsly alive but now morally dead
''Old Crow" But alas, how many take
no warning. They make me think of
Caesar on his way to assassination, fearing
nothing; though ais statue in the hall crashed
into fragments at his feet, and scroll con-
tanning the names of the conspirators was
thrust into his hands, yet walking right on to
meet the dagger that was to take his lifa.
This infatuation of strong drink is so mighty
In many man tuaU, isC,dgh his fortunes are
crashing, and his heath 10 crashing, and his
domestic interests are crashing. and we hand
him long scroll containing the names of
perils that await him, he goes straight on to
physical, and mental, and moral asSa3sina-
tion. In proportion as any style ot alcohol
ism Is pleasant to your taste, and stimulating
| to your nerves, and for time delightful TO
all your phys cal and mental constitution. Is
| the peril awful. Remember Jonathan and
the forbidden honey in the woods OF Beth
ayen.
Furthermore, the gamaster's Indulgence
must be put to the list OF Temptations deli
| cious but d 'structire. | have crosS9t the
ocean eight times, AMI always one OF the best
IOJIl5 Has, lGOLl \ IL IdG5 ~
been given up to gambling practices, heard
OF mon who went on board with enough
| money for European excursions who landed
| thoIt enough money to get their baggage
up to the hotel or railroad station. To many
there Is a complete fascination in games OF
hazard or the risking OF money on possihd l.
ties 1t seems as natural for them to bet as
to eat Indeed, the hunger for food Is often
overpoweIel with the hunger for wagerS as
| IN the case of Lord Sandwich, persistent
| gambler, who, not being willing tC leave the
dice table long enough for the taking of food,
| invented pr, paration OF food that he could
take without stopping the glme-namely, a
| slice OF beef Between two Slices or Tread,
which was named after Lord Sandwich. 1t
| Is absurd for those Of US who have never felt
| the fascination of the wager to speak slight
| fng'y Of the temptation. 1t has Slain mul-
ttuda of inte lectual an1 moral giants, men
AMI women stronger than you or |. Down
under its power went g orious Oliver Gold
smith, and Gibbcn, the historian, and Char es
Fox, the statesman, and In olden times ia
nous Senators of the United States, who used
to he as regularly at the gambling house all
| night as they were in the halls OF legislation
by day. Oh, the tragedies Of the fero table!
! know persons who began with a sight
STAKE In a ladies' parlor, and enjed with
the suicides pistol at Monte Carlo. They
played with the square pieces OF boAs with
black marks on them, not knowing that
Satan was playing for Their bones at the same
time, and was sure to sweepall the stakes oil
on his side OF the table. The last New York
legislature sanctioned the mighty evil last
spring by passing law for its defense at the
| race tracks and many young men In these
cities lost all their wages at Coney Island
this summer, and this fall are borrowing
from the money tills Of their employers Or
arranging by means OF false entries to adjust
their demoralized finances Every man who
voted for the Ives pool bill has on his hands
an forehead the blood OF these souls.
But in this connection some young converts
say to me: is it right to play cards' Is there
any harm in game OF whist or euchref
! v ell, know good men who play whist and
| euchle and other styles Of game without any
wagers. l had friend who played cards
with his wife and children, and then at the
close said: Come, now, let US have prayers.
Iw,ll not judge other mems consciences, but
| tell you az cards are, Ia my mind, so as
sociated with the temporal and eternal dam
nat on of splendid young men, that should
no sooner say to my family: Come let IA
have a game of carIs," than l would 60 intC
a rnenagerie AMI slyG "Come let US have q
game Of ratt!esnakes," or into cemetery
and sitting down by marble slab, say tc
the grave digger5: Come, let rs have game
of skulls" Conscientious young lailes ar
silently saying to me while speak: DO yol
think card playing will do us any harmF
Perhaps not, but how will you feel IT In tn
great day of eternity, WIN we are asked
give an account of our inYuence, some MAJ
Shall say TO you: ~ was introduced to game
of chance In the year 1887, in Brooklyn, u
your house and went on from that sport b
something more exciting, and went on dow
until lost my business, and lost my morals
and lost my SOUL and these chains that yo'
see on my wrists and feet are the chains Of I
games;er's doom, and | am on my way to
gamblers hel. =" Honey at the start, eterna
catastrophe at the last.
r'tocS gambling comes into the Same GAIA
logue It must be very exhilarat ng to gC
into Wall street. New ork, or State street